A bit earlier than anticipated, NVIDIA is the first site to offer downloads of the Recon demo of America's Army: Operations, the free first-person shooter game that was developed by the U.S. Army using the Unreal engine. The Recon demo requires a whopping 203.9 MB download, and offers "four single player basic training missions including a rifle range, obstacle course and weapons course," as well as "six multiplayer missions including a homeland defense operation, urban training, freeing prisoners, and protecting against an act of ecological terrorism." Word from HomeLan Fed is that the login authorization and multiplayer servers are not due to be launched until the original release time of 3:00 AM EDT (midnight PDT) though. Further mirrors can be expected on the official site by that time as well. Update: Mirrors are already online at FilePlanet (registration required) and 3D Gamers.

Tony!!! - I was pretty entertained by your post until you started calling me an asshole. I realise this is a gaming site, but seriously, there are plenty of new threads regarding this freakin' game. Why don't you just jump on one and discuss your gaming problems there. Or hey, I could go on over there and start posting and you can keep this thread for yourself, how about that? Isn't the world big enough for everyone? Even the assholes...